Having already passed up numerous opportunities to go into exile, he may simply have decided to make his ouster as long and as messy as possible.

在放弃了很多次机会而走向逃亡之后，他能做的仅仅是将他的废黜变得冗长并且麻烦重重。

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Yet, the following year, Sharif was allowed to go into exile in Saudi Arabia.

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Assad said that he would not step down or go into exile.

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German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder repeated his opposition to military action in Iraq, adding he would be glad to see Saddam Hussein go into exile.

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